{"id":493178,"date":"2013-07-01T02:00:06","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T09:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=16882"},"modified":"2024-12-27T03:08:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:08:41","slug":"does-this-mean-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/does-this-mean-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Does This Mean War?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-552084\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg\" alt=\"Pete Lyons\" width=\"300\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/FL-PETELYONS-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/FL-PETELYONS-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/FL-PETELYONS-293x415.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Our reigning World Champion has forced us to think, once again, about sportsmanship in motorsport.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Whether or not you monitor modern F1, you must know of the controversy that Sebastian Vettel brewed up in this year\u2019s second GP at Malaysia. 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